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{{Short description|Indian reality television singing competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox television season
| module1 = {{Infobox reality competition season
| winner = Anjana Padmanabhan
| runner_up = Debanjana Karmakar Anmol Jaswal Nirvesh Dave
| judges = [[Vishal Dadlani]] [[Shekhar Ravjiani]] [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| host = [[Karan Wahi]] [[Mandira Bedi]]
}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|06|01}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2015}}
| network = [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony TV]]
}}

'''''Indian Idol Junior''''' is an Indian [[Hindi]]-language reality television singing competition and is a spin-off of ''[[Indian Idol]]''. It began broadcasting on [[Sony Entertainment Television]] from 1 June 2013.<ref name=IIJA>{{cite news|url=http://www.setindia.com/show_details.php?sid=119|title=Indian Idol Junior - About|publisher=setindia.com|access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> [[Karan Wahi]] and [[Mandira Bedi]] hosted the show, which was judged by music duo [[Vishal–Shekhar]] along with playback singer [[Shreya Ghoshal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Indian-Idol-Juniors-judges-in-Lucknow/articleshow/21361115.cms|title=Indian Idol Junior's judges in Lucknow|newspaper=The Times of India|first=Saloni|last=Tandon|date=26 July 2013|accessdate=18 June 2022}}</ref> Anjana Padmanabhan won the first edition of Indian Idol Junior. [https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/anjana-padmanabhan-from-bangalore-wins-indian-idol-junior/]

A second season started on 30 May 2015. The new judges were [[Salim–Sulaiman|Salim Merchant]] and [[Sonakshi Sinha]], while [[Vishal Dadlani]] reprised his role as the judge. The show was hosted by [[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] and co-hosted by [[Asha Negi]]. [[Ananya Sritam Nanda]] was the winner for the second season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/indian-idol-junior-winner-ananya-nanda-meets-pm-narendra-modi/articleshow/48982114.cms?from=mdr|title=Indian Idol Junior's winner Ananya Nanda meets PM Narendra Modi - Economic Times|website=The Economic Times|date=16 September 2015 }}</ref>

A third season started in August. The judges of this season were [[Anu Malik]] and [[Sonakshi Sinha]], while [[Vishal Dadlani]] reprised his role as the judge. The show was hosted by [[Manish Paul]] and co-hosted by [[Asha Negi]].

==Summary==
{| class="wikitable sortable" font-size:100%;
!scope|Season
!scope|Year
! colspan="3" |Judges
!Host
!Channel
! scope="" |Contestants
! scope="" |Winner
! scope="" |Runner-up
|-
|'''IIJ S1'''||'''2013'''
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Vishal Dadlani]]'''
|'''[[Shekhar Ravjiani]]'''
| '''[[Shreya Ghoshal]]'''||'''[[Karan Wahi]] [[Mandira Bedi]]'''
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Sony Entertainment Television|SET]]'''||'''11'''|| style="background:pink;" | '''Anjana Padmanabhan'''|| style="background:pink;" | '''Debanjana Karmakar'''
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''IIJ S2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2015'''
|<s>'''[[Shalmali Kholgade]]'''</s>
| rowspan="2" | '''[[Salim Merchant]]'''|| rowspan="2" |'''[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Asha Negi]]'''|| rowspan="2" |'''13'''|| rowspan="2" style="background:pink;" | '''[[Ananya Nanda]]'''|| rowspan="2" style="background:pink;" | '''[[Nahid Afrin]]'''
|-
|'''[[Sonakshi Sinha]]'''
|-
|}

==Season 1==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
*'''Judges'''
[[Vishal Dadlani]] [[Shreya Ghoshal]] [[Shekhar Ravjiani]]

*'''Host'''
[[Karan Wahi]] [[Mandira Bedi]]

=== Top 11 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| Anjana Padmanabhan
| [[Bengaluru]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| Debanjana Karmakar
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Anmol Jaswal
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| Nirvesh Dave
| [[Ahmedabad]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
| Sugandha Date
| [[Nagpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| Sonakshi Kar
| [[Cuttack]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Priyam Borpatragohain
| [[Assam]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Akash Sharma
| [[Haryana]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Eman Chaudhary
| [[Assam]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Sankalp Yaduwanshi
| [[Moradabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Aryan Das
| [[Moradabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|}

==Season 2==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
Indian Idol Junior Season 2 started on30 May 2015 and finished on 6 September 2015.
*'''Judges'''
[[Salim Merchant]] [[Sonakshi Sinha]] replaced [[Shalmali Kholgade]] [[Vishal Dadlani]]

*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Asha Negi]]

=== Top 13 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[Ananya Sritam Nanda]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/ananya-sritam-nanda-wins-indian-idol-junior-2/story-AJc6qjgzTRIjjeqmlzrIPI.html | title=Ananya Sritam Nanda wins Indian Idol Junior 2 | date=7 September 2015 }}</ref>
| [[Bhubaneswar]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| [[Nahid Afrin]]
| [[Assam]]
| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Nithyashree Venkataramanan
| [[Chennai]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| [[Vaishnav Girish]]
| [[Thrissur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
| Niharika Nath
| [[Agartala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| Moti Khan
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Ranita Banerjee
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Sreelakshmi Belmannu
| [[Bangalore]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Ajay Brijwasi
| [[Mathura]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Yumna Ajin
| [[Malappuram district|Vengara]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Surendra Singh Panwar
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Vidhi Jaswal
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Shubhankar
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.myindianidol.com}}

{{Indian Idol}}
{{SET Shows}}

[[Category:Indian Idol]]
[[Category:Sony Entertainment Television original programming]]
[[Category:2013 Indian television seasons]]
[[Category:Reality television spinoffs]]
[[Category:Indian television spinoffs]]
[[Category:Indian television series based on British television series]]
[[Category:Television series about children]]

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